Teams & Riders Brothers in (crank) arms - Yates Discussion Thread

[fungusbear]

Been away all week camping so have been totally in the dark about cycling but what a win from Adam!! Amazing rider with such potential (and Simon too).

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Simon leading at Plouey and Adam down for Alberta - I'll be honest, I can't see that Orica enter enough races for them to be split up unless one of them is having a quiet end to the year.

I certainly hope they both race Lombardy, sets up perfectly for their puncheur/climber style.

 

[fungusbear]

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Simon leading at Plouey and Adam down for Alberta - I'll be honest, I can't see that Orica enter enough races for them to be split up unless one of them is having a quiet end to the year.

I certainly hope they both race Lombardy, sets up perfectly for their puncheur/climber style.

Me too- Lombardy would be great.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Alberta starts tonight; solid TTT and then if Adam is on good form there aren't any other riders there who would often take time off him on the climbs, so it will just be a case of making sure nothing silly happens on the gimmicky dirt stage.

GC success; it's just that simple!

 

[TMP402]

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Alberta starts tonight; solid TTT and then if Adam is on good form there aren't any other riders there who would often take time off him on the climbs, so it will just be a case of making sure nothing silly happens on the gimmicky dirt stage.

GC success; it's just that simple!

Well Trek beat Orica by less than a second. Not sure if Yates will be better than Mollema.

 

[fungusbear]

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Alberta starts tonight; solid TTT and then if Adam is on good form there aren't any other riders there who would often take time off him on the climbs, so it will just be a case of making sure nothing silly happens on the gimmicky dirt stage.

GC success; it's just that simple!

Well Trek beat Orica by less than a second. Not sure if Yates will be better than Mollema.

Should be fun to watch regardless

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

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Alberta starts tonight; solid TTT and then if Adam is on good form there aren't any other riders there who would often take time off him on the climbs, so it will just be a case of making sure nothing silly happens on the gimmicky dirt stage.

GC success; it's just that simple!

Well Trek beat Orica by less than a second. Not sure if Yates will be better than Mollema.

Foiled at the first hurdle!

Oh well, bonus seconds mean you don't need to create a gap, just be the one with the most left at the end of the climb.

 

[fungusbear]

6 seconds behind Mollema- c'mon Adam!!

 

[fungusbear]

2nd in Alberta. Not too shabby

 

[Pricey_sky]

Nice performance this week, with Kennaugh not riding the worlds for GB hopefully the twins get a free role.

 

[fungusbear]

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Nice performance this week, with Kennaugh not riding the worlds for GB hopefully the twins get a free role.

This would make me happy- although the profile is probably not hard enough for them to do anything serious

 

[greenedge]

GB should focus on riding for Cavendish, with the Yates brother's to mark some moves in the last few laps.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Nice result.

Shame his best finishes always coincide with *** coverage.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Another great ride from Adam, shame he couldn't finish it off. An impressive performance nonetheless.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Any word yet on why they're not riding worlds? Didn't fancy it, or unable to hold in the laughter when Dave rang them up and asked if they were looking forward to giving their all for TeamKennaugh?

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Any word yet on why they're not riding worlds? Didn't fancy it, or unable to hold in the laughter when Dave rang them up and asked if they were looking forward to giving their all for TeamKennaugh?

Kennaugh was never on the cards to ride as his partner is due to give birth. I honestly don't know why they weren't selected, such a strange decision.

 

[TMP402]

The Adam = hills, Simon = mountains distinction was being lost earlier in the season but since san sebastian Adam's confirming it a little.

 

[Jspear]

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The Adam = hills, Simon = mountains distinction was being lost earlier in the season but since san sebastian Adam's confirming it a little.

Last year, it seemed to me to be Adam = mountains, Simon = hills...will be interesting to see them developing further next year.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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The Adam = hills, Simon = mountains distinction was being lost earlier in the season but since san sebastian Adam's confirming it a little.

Last year, it seemed to me to be Adam = mountains, Simon = hills...will be interesting to see them developing further next year.

Adam was also strong in the MTF at Tirreno with Simon the same over the steep hills of Basque, they are proving competetive over both types of terrain.

 

[Kwibus]

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The Adam = hills, Simon = mountains distinction was being lost earlier in the season but since san sebastian Adam's confirming it a little.

Actually Adam was seen as the mountain goat and Simon as the hilly puncheur type.

They seem to do both well, but Adam really made a point in 1 day races lately.

 

[jaylew]

I feel like there's a tendency to want to categorize them and put them in separate boxes but at this point there's no clear separation between the two as far as their skillsets are concerned.

 

[fungusbear]

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I feel like there's a tendency to want to categorize them and put them in separate boxes but at this point there's no clear separation between the two as far as their skillsets are concerned.

This. They both have huge potential

 

[greenedge]

Simon also has a better sprint over Adam, if he was against Wellens I'd have not been surprised if he'd won.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

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Simon also has a better sprint over Adam, if he was against Wellens I'd have not been surprised if he'd won.

I'm not sure Formolo would agree. Got absolutely spanked by Adam last year.

 

[greenedge]

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